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Grasmere Domain. Section No. 158, Block XV, Invercargill Survey District. Area, 53 acres 3 roods 22 perches. Nothing has been done on the domain. Improvement depends largely on a scheme for improving Waihopai Estuary, for which legislative authority has been obtained. Happy Valley Domain. ...•■■ Section No. 7, Block 111, Waikaia Survey District. Area, 55 acres 2 roods. Improvements now on domain: Fifty-five chains fences and two gates. Used for football, cricket, picnics, sports, and horse-racing. Part of the area will be top-dressed with lime during the coming year. Howell's Point Domain. Sections Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, Block 11, and 46, 47, and 48, Block I, Jacob's River Hundred. Area, 70 acres. Improvements now on domain: Fences and gate. Used for picnics. Limehills Domain. Sections Nos. 1 to 7, and 9to 17, Block IV, Town of Limehills. Area, 4 acres 1 rood 6 perches. Improvements now on domain : Fences, drains, cricket and athletic shed, and plantations. Used for cricket, football, and sports. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Construction of more drains. Ldmsden Domain. Sections Nos. Ito 6, Block XXIII, Town of Lumsden. Area, J 9 acres 1 rood 4 perches. Work done during year : Levelling inside of running-track. Improvements now on domain: Fences, pavilion, quarter-mile running-track, plantations, and conveniences. Used for sports and picnics. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Preparing inside of running-track for sportsground. Makahewa Domain. Section No. 1, Block VIII, Town of Makarewa. Area, 13 ucres and 18 perches. Leased on improvement conditions. Work done during year : About 5 acres cleared, fenced, and grassed. Improvements now on domain: About 8 acres cleared and ploughed, and 5 acres laid down in grass. Five acres now available for picnics and recreation. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Planting hedges and shelter-trees, and construction of under-drains. Mat aura Domain. Sections Nos. 39, 40, and 41, Block XVII, Town of Mataura Bridge. Area, 13 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Thirteen acres leased on improvement conditions. Improvements now on domain: Fences and plantations. Used for general recreation. Menzibs Feery Domain. Sections Nos. 36 to 45, Block IV, Menzies Ferry Township. Area, 132 acres 1 rood. This domain is administered by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill, and is leased in four allotments. Otautau Domain. Section No. 5, Block 11, Aparima Hundred. Area, 63 acres 2 roods. Work done during year: Eradication of noxious weeds. Improvements now on domain: Boundary-fences. Pukehau Domain. Sections Nos. 8, 9, 10, and 11, Block V, Town of Pukerau. Area, 4 acres. . Work done during year: Ploughing and grassing; the area now carries a good sole of grass. Improvements now on domain : Fences and plantations. Used for sports, football, cricket, and picnics. Rivbrton Domain. Sections Nos. 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, and 24, Block XXV, Jacob's River Hundred. Area, 11 acres 1 rood 34- perches. Work done during year: Tree-planting, and painting caretaker's hut. Improvements! now on domain: Twenty-six chains close weatherboard fence, plantation, four-roomed dwelling, caretaker's hut, and ticket-office. Used for cattle-shows, Volunteer camps, sports, football, picnics, and cricket. , ; Sands: Point Domain. Situated at the entrance of New River Estuary, New River Hundred. Area, 5,600 acres. This domain, consists mostly of sandy waste. It is leased, and the revenue derived is expended in planting marram-grass and lupins to bind the sand. Work done during year: Planting trees and marram-grass. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Sowing lupins and constructing drains.

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